Brookhaven recycling center reopens after $7.5M overhaul
Yaphank, NY – November 18, 2020 – Brookhaven’s revamped recycling center – reopened earlier this year after a $7.5 million modernization – has town officials saying they have resurrected a recycling program that fell apart two years ago amid major changes in the...
Trash talk: Rail may be answer to hauling debris off Long Island
Yaphank, NY – October 31, 2020 – A plan to build a Yaphank waste transfer station that would take thousands of tons of trash daily from construction sites — and cart it off Long Island by train instead of trucks — is being touted by its West Babylon developer as a...
Garbage time
Town of Brookhaven, NY – October 9, 2020 – It’s garbage time on Long Island: Public officials and waste management firms have been ramping up planning for the growing trash crisis facing the area, much of which will be exacerbated by the closure of the Town of...
Global market changes prompt major upgrade to recycling plant
Yaphank, NY – October 6, 2020 – New worldwide recycling industry standards have prompted major upgrades to Long Island’s biggest trash-to-treasure operation. Winters Bros. Waste Systems, which operates the 54,000-square-foot Town of Brookhaven recycling facility in...